A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Elinor Donahue
- Josie
- (as Mary Eleanor Donahue)
Gregory Gaye
- Jacques Lacoste
- (as Gregory Gay)
Lola Albright
- Fashion Model
- (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
- Wardrobe Woman
- (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
- Hairdresser
- (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
- Miss Morgan
- (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
- Gallagher
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Danny Thomas.
- GoofsWhen Meg is running out of the locker room right after the "accident", a moving shadow of the boom microphone and cable can be seen on a pillar in the background.
- Quotes
Title Card: Long before people sang, they danced. Out of their dancing grew a new world, strange and wonderful - the world of ballet. This is a story of that world, of those who dance, of those who love and of those who hate, and of one who loved too much.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bunheads: The Astronaut and the Ballerina (2013)
- SoundtracksExcerpts from 'Swan Lake'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Featured review
I am a grandma now, but as a five year old, I viewed this movie in a very small town theater. After I saw this movie with a five year old's eyes, I not only wanted to be a ballerina, but I wanted to be Margaret O'Brien. Not being able to have dance lessons, I danced on my own. My aunt made me a beautiful outfit, and I was in heaven. Now, move ahead 20 years. I have a daughter who wanted to dance, and of course I sent her for lessons. She is now a very successful, and talented dance teacher. I would love for her to see this movie, but I don't know where, or how to get it. This movie has not only been an influence on one generation, but on two. I wish there were more movies of this calaber. Simple, but oh so good.
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- Language
- Also known as
- Ballerina
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,989,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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